So I didn't get to watch last night, because I was at work (where there was not much work to do, alas). So I kept up with the winners by repeatedly refreshing the winners' list at oscars.com.
But would you believe they had a (fairly major) typo on there? For about 90 seconds or so, they listed the winner for Best Actress in a Supporting Role as Diane Lane in "Unfaithful." At first, I simply was like, oh, wow, Charlize Theron didn't get it? Then I started thinking that Diane Lane wasn't even nominated this year, which is when I realized what had really happened.
That was right about the same time I realized the other thing that had happened: I figured the show would run over a bit, so I set my TiVo to record 15 extra minutes of Oscary goodness, but it was already after 11:45, and neither Best Actor nor Best Picture had been announced. Indeed, by 12 midnight, when I left work, neither of the websites I was checking had announced those two categories. Strange, though, that I was obsessing about it... I actually have only seen one of the movies which was nominated for an award last night.
Which one? Oh please, you knew it had to be "Finding Nemo."
One post-script regarding LOTR: Isn't it sad that we live in a day and age where the movie which wins 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, wasn't even nominated for a SINGLE acting award?
Posted by Jon at March 1, 2004 12:09 PM | TrackBack